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Show BAN OH EXPORTS 10 BEIHTENED SMUGGLING OF FOOD FROM UNITED STATES THROUGH HOLLAND HOL-LAND TO GERMANY REVEALED. Appeals for Supplies Will Be Disregarded Disre-garded Unless Ironclad Assurances Are Given That Teutons Will in No Way Profit. Wtisliliisl'ili. Kvil.-li-- that large ii:iiililies (if fuls and other large 'unpens 'un-pens from 1 1 1 ii i t cl Sliilos : i-i- being be-ing Smuggled into Germany (Ml II iii 1 1 -1 1 linger si-iilc limn lins been even in! hnnli'i! Iiofuri' v;ts lirmitflil to liylil lioro mi S l ( T 1 1 1 m c ISO. As a rcsull it. was slnlod mil Imrilu-livcly Imrilu-livcly Mini tin- linn (in cxpnrls In Holland Hol-land and oMiit nol't licrn iionlrals wmi Ii I Ik.' drawn even tiii'd' Mian in the pasl. The iillilnde (if I he I'niled Slales will he Mini she canniil alTiird In have lier supplies lind their way intn (ler-itian,' (ler-itian,' to holster up the strenKlh of the soldiers wno shortly will he fare to face with American troops on the western west-ern front. The plea of Holland and oilier neutrals neu-trals that, they cannot exist without American exports will lie disregarded entirely unless ironclad assurances are jriven that (lermany will not pro-lit pro-lit In any way Mierehy. Situation Serious. II: was admitted here that the situation situ-ation is fraught with serious possibilities possi-bilities and may result in a marked change in the relations between this country and the Netherlands. Holland maintains Mint she cannot exist without with-out certain exports from Germany and that these exports cannot be gotten unless she gives in return a large percentage per-centage of the fats raised in her own country, making It vitally necessary that the deficit be supplied by imports im-ports from the I'niled States. Not only is It extremely unlikely that further supplies of 'foodstuffs and fats will be allowed to reach Holland, but: the ban will not be lifted on cattle cat-tle feed. l!y this step Holland will be forced to slaughter a large percentage per-centage of her herds and supplies of fals to Germany necessarily will fall off. |